Anesthesia

The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.

Calgary - After a period of relative inactivity, there is currently an upsurge in the research and development of promising new compounds for anesthesiology. This work touches on all the major therapeutic categories associated with this...

Calgary - Major bleeding substantially increases patient risk in any clinical situation, regardless of whether it is the primary problem as in hemophilia or secondary to surgery or traumatic injury. Options for controlling bleeding remain...

Dr. Stephen Gibson, Director of Research, Caulfield Pain Management and Research Centre, Victoria, Australia, noted that in the elderly there is a decline in the sensitivity to pain, but there is also a reduced tolerance to severe pain....

San Francisco - It is well known that volatile anesthetics protect against myocardial ischemia by means of pharmacologic preconditioning. Recent evidence has demonstrated their marked benefit on a variety of outcome parameters, including...